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has gloss | eng: My Government is a term sometimes used in Commonwealth Realms by the monarch or his/her representatives during the Throne Speech. While reading the speech, which is prepared by the government ministers of the day, the royal figure historically used the phrase "my government" when describing the agendas put forth. For example "my government will pursue a policy of ——." The intent of this was to make the connection between the monarch and government, and imply that the government was a possession of the monarch, working on his or her behalf. The idea of the monarch as the symbolic "owner" of the elected government has historically been one of the principles of constitutional monarchy. The expression "my peoples" was also regularly used by the sovereign until the reign of George VI, notably before and during World War II, in reference to the peoples of the constituent states and dominions of the British Empire and Commonwealth. |
lexicalization | eng: My government |
instance of | e/Commonwealth realm |
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